Eagle Nest Lake sale eyed by lawmakers and CS Cattle Co
Bruce Davis says the Eagle Nest Lake sale to New Mexico for 20 million dollars faces slow action though seen as fiscally sensible. The lake, a recreational icon for 75 years, supports nearby towns and is leased by the Game and Fish Department with a state purchase expected to finalize after a series of prior lease extensions.
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Senate Finance Committee
Bruce Davis
Davis
CS Cattle Company
Eagle Nest Lake
New Mexico
Department of Game and Fish
Eagle Nest
Angel Fire
Cimarron
Taos
Red River
Questa
University of New Mexico Economics
Memorial for Brian Simsovic at Taos church draws hundreds
In Las Trampas at San José de Gracias Church mourners from Taos High School Penasco area and local staff gathered for a memorial Mass for 17 year old Brian Simsovic killed in a late February crash on State Road 75. His mother Melinda launched a memorial fund at Centinel Bank to install games at the Pefiasco Community Center to keep teens off late night cruising. Father Condé led a multi religious service with Mourner's Kaddish by Brian’s uncle and a Catholic rite including communion.
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San José de Gracias
Las Trampas
Taos High School
Pefiasco Elementary
Brian Simsovic
Pefiasco
José Maria Condé
Melinda
Penasco Area
Simsovic
Centinel Bank
Father Condé
Brian
Alan Simsovic
Plan to poison Costilla Creek to reintroduce cutthroat trout
The New Mexico Game and Fish Department seeks Water Quality Control Commission approval to use antimycin poison along an eight mile stretch of Costilla Creek to kill existing fish and reintroduce the Rio Grande cutthroat trout. A Taos hearing Tuesday heard opposition from a Chama area rancher who witnessed negative effects from a 1997 antimycin application. The plan also involves electrofishing but relies on the poison as the main method, with most activity on the Colorado side of the Vermejo Park Ranch. Community supporters include John Rainey of Taos who praised native species restoration.
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State Game and Fish Department
Water Quality Control Commission
Costilla Creek
Rio Grande
Colorado
Taos County
Chama
Poso Creek
Department of Game and Fish
Vermejo Park
John Rainey
Los Rios
Taos
Taos jail demand fuels tax bill debate in Santa Fe
Lawmakers weigh a substitute to extend Taos County school tax funds to build a new jail as critics question needs and funds. Taos Mayor Fred Peralta and superintendents describe aging schools and tight budgets while Rep. Roberto Gonzales and Sen. Carlos Cisneros push bills to reauthorize a half percent gross receipts tax for school construction. The House Taxation and Revenue Committee heard testimony amid protests and support, with a decision expected later.
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Senate
Taos County
House
Taxation and Revenue Committee
Roberto
Bobby” Gonzales
D-Taos
Gonzales
Carlos Cisneros
Tion
Taos
Fred Peralta
Questa Independent Schools
Nelson Lopez
Penasco Independent Schools
Carlos Abeyta
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